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  1. Basil G

    Identity Crisis! Golden Comets or Buff Orpingtons????

    My apology will be to go learn how to disagree with people beyond yelling louder than everyone else (because on computer it just makes one sound like a butt head)
  2. Basil G

    Identity Crisis! Golden Comets or Buff Orpingtons????

    I'm going to keep disagreeing with the GC people (do you people know what the look like?) A golden comet is a cross between...
  3. Basil G

    Bully Chicken

    The most recent chicken I bought had a similar problem. I bought a silkie cockerel at a show. So at the show I kept him in an empty cage next to one of my roosters (NJ, Nitro Junior) and they got along. Then after the show was over I brought him home and kept him in the mud room for isolation...
  4. Basil G

    Identity Crisis! Golden Comets or Buff Orpingtons????

    My educated guess would be BOs, I have F1 and F2 HNRxBO and the chicks I have gotten from them look like this. But mine are a cross so not true to breed. After consulting to my friend Google I believe that the GC would be more red and white (because they are a cross between NHR and WPR) Incase...
  5. Basil G

    Please help! I don't know what to do.. my chicken are too aggressive to each other..

    Interesting, they have space to run around, but they would rather go after each other. I live northeast US and what I do in the morning is throw some table scrapes (all the bruises and bad spots on the fruit and veggies work) or even weeds from the gardens. Don't know if this might be a reason...
  6. Basil G

    Please help! I don't know what to do.. my chicken are too aggressive to each other..

    What breed are they (some breeds are more aggressive that others) I'm not sure of your current housing, but I know with mine when I have to keep them locked up in their pens during the school/workday they will go after each other, but once they are let out of their pens they are happy and no...
  7. Basil G

    Silkie and silkie cross chick colour confusion

    I was hatching some chicks from my silkie trio. I bought the females from some guy who told me that they were black, but they look more blue then black. I bought the male from some one else and they said he was black with gold leakage, which is what he looks like, but the chicks that I got from...
  8. Basil G

    Looking at unhatched eggs question

    Thanks everyone I think I'll just try my rescue hen's eggs under the next broody next time
  9. Basil G

    what yall think about these for my chickens and or chicks????

    The other thing you might need is something for calcium (oyster shell works) If you aren't in to the soy being in the food I let mine free range and they don't eat as much feed in the spring, summer, and part of fall. Here's some percents I've found if it helps 0-8 weeks: 18% protein, 1%...
  10. Basil G

    whats the best way to catch/pickup/ grab a chicken?

    They sell leg bands at fed stores, The zip ties might get tightened by accident
  11. Basil G

    whats the best way to catch/pickup/ grab a chicken?

    Sixchickflock, watch out they will learn. I used to be able to do that now they all stay just out of my reach with that catching. The leading them in to the pen will take more treats and pushing from behind if the think they want to go in the pen. (why must you chickens be smart!!)
  12. Basil G

    Blue Paint Silkie?

    Looks just like some of my chicks that I hatched from my blue silkie hens and black silkie cockerel. I can only get blue or black chicks so I'm saying from what I know you have a blue or a black chick. (oh or maybe self-blue, one of my silkie girls is laced the other is self so you could have that)
  13. Basil G

    whats the best way to catch/pickup/ grab a chicken?

    I try not to catch my birds during the day unless it is necessary**. I do showmanship with my birds, so I handle them as I would in a show. I do this by putting my hand under their body with my pointer finger on their chest bone and my thumb on one side of the body and my other three fingers on...
  14. Basil G

    Silkie rooster behavior!

    I have the same problem with my F1 NHRxBO cross. As long as you hold him he's fine. What we've been doing is keep him in an isolation pen until we are ready to be chased by him. Though I've notice he won't try to murder us when we are hand feeding him. As for the crowing.......there is a $200...
  15. Basil G

    Looking at unhatched eggs question

    I was comparing one of my broody hens to the artificial incubator and the broody hen hatched 9 out 10 eggs that where possible to hatch in the last days. The incubator had 28 and one 6 hatched (actually make that 5 because I had to help the first one and it died, then another chick started to...
  16. Basil G

    Broody Hen Thread!

    All the chicks that have been hatching from the incubator have found their way under the broody with her few days older chicks.lesson learned the hard way, don't add chicks in during the day when everyone has lots of energy and can get crushed (up to 14 chicks and one very questionable cracked...
  17. Basil G

    First set of eggs in for me this year

    My broody's hatched Friday. 9 of the 10 came out. the one that didn't hatch had been cheeping Friday, but stopped moving and cheeping Saturday. Cracking open that one's shell I found that this one looked mostly developed, but some how not fully. It looks like I have only one mutt (who is a...
  18. Basil G

    First set of eggs in for me this year

    My broody's are hatching!!!! They are silkie and maybe silkie crosses. Two black chicks and two silvery ones the rest of the eggs are cracked and cheeping!! The other silvery hatched right in my hand. they are sooo cute
  19. Basil G

    Barnyard Babies, any ideas what kind they came from?

    Yes the Easter egger is when one parent lays blue eggs (or carries that gene, which is a dominate gene)and the other parent lays or carries brown egg gene. Their offspring lay green eggs Then the silkie amerucana would lay green eggs, but won't be silkied because the silkie gene is recessive
  20. Basil G

    Help me decide on hatching eggs!

    Look on line for your area.I go to 2 or 3 large shows (in NE US). I notice that there are a lot of shows in the fall and winter
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